It's a valid opinion still though. HW assisted RT is promising technology but as it often is, the first iteration costs quite much and many games are using RT as an ad-hoc effect instead of something more meaningful.
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what constitutes as "meaningful"? I think reflections alone are pretty meaningful, considering how they're usually just horribly fake or broken.
It's a valid opinion to say "It's not worth it for me at this moment because of performance costs", but that's not what the poster wrote. People often just post from their own perspective without properly articulating. His post could be taken to mean "ray tracing is overrated and just a few extra reflections and shadows", which is an ignorant position.
I can't wait to see how all of this will make a 180 turn in a year when consoles and all PC GPU vendors will support RT. It will suddenly become "meaningful" and "required" even though it will still cost a lot and come with a severe performance penalty (because every new graphics feature worth a damn does).
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Looks like Jensen is doing the opening keynote for Nvidia at GTC 2020 next month. He's gotta be bringing the goods!
doesn't he always do the opening since it's a Nvidia show?Looks like Jensen is doing the opening keynote for Nvidia at GTC 2020 next month. He's gotta be bringing the goods!
I just assumed that was what the original poster meant instead of more general prediction. I totally understand why some people, at this moment, feel like RT is a bit over-hyped. If all user is seeing is "a bit different shadows" and the feature ends up taking considerable amount of power it doesn't really help to repeat how great the feature is technically and physics-wise.
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Yeah, not a sign of anything. But with Big Red 200 confirming that next gen HPC part will be available this summer there's essentially zero doubt that it will be introduced at GTC'20.
The question is though when they will introduce the gaming parts - and this will likely be either Computex (June) or Siggraph (August) so I wouldn't put my hopes just yet into anything related to next gen gaming GPUs at GDC/GTC.
Still, the details of HPC Ampere will tell us a lot about the features of future gaming GPUs on the same architecture.
I always bet my money on Computex.
That's were Pascal got it's blowout.
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The wait for this is driving me insane. I REALLY need to upgrade (Haven't built a PC since 2012), so I desperately need an upgrade, but I am not buying a 2080 just to have this come out shortly after.Why the increase in performance of Nvidia’s Ampere could be quite enormous - the board partners already has to enter the practice phase | igor’sLAB investigative | igor´sLAB
Of course, it would be pointless to take out the usual large speculum and nibble at it with relish, but in contrast to pure speculation and rumours, there are also unmistakable and tangible signs that…
AIBs are getting ready for Ampere launch, running tests on current top end 2080Ti boards.
Nvidia's show is next month, so we'll definitely see something there. we might hear some leaks from board partners soon too
it wouldn't shock me to see both a current gen card and a next gen card. Nvidia would be stupid to not take advantage of Ampere + Cyberpunk hype
Why the increase in performance of Nvidia’s Ampere could be quite enormous - the board partners already has to enter the practice phase | igor’sLAB investigative | igor´sLAB
Of course, it would be pointless to take out the usual large speculum and nibble at it with relish, but in contrast to pure speculation and rumours, there are also unmistakable and tangible signs that…
AIBs are getting ready for Ampere launch, running tests on current top end 2080Ti boards.
~Midyear or slightly later still seems plausible, I assume? At least for consumer. I'm guessing July/Sep.
My expectation is still May unveil event and June launch (with wide Computex showing from AIBs if it won't follow MWC's footsteps this year of course).
But this is a bit optimistic I'll admit because we don't really have much which would point to this happening - and it usually means that the chips aren't out yet.
So yeah, it's fucking nothing.